Oregon State Coach: "We had a slow start against Stanford, but got it rolling. We will be ready for the rivalry game against Oregon. They may be the best in the PAC-10, but we are the best in the state of Oregon. Remember they call Oregon "The Beaver State", not the duck state!"

Coach Cheez - what do you expect from Texas A&M and Coach Davis in your matchup next week?

Rabbits being pulled out of hats, a cheerleader to be sawed in half and put back together, and possibly one of my assistant coaches to be turned into a newt. Oh, and a strong running game that our defense will be gameplanning for.

What are your feelings to playing in a game dubbed "The Magic Bowl"?

It reminds me that this was whole situation was blown completely out of proportion. Had Coach Davis handed over Mr. Mangan for a simple test to determine whether or not he was indeed a wizard, this game could just be one between two teams who are looking to improve their record to 8-4.

Any details on how you plan on stopping Texas A&M's rushing attack?

No details, but I can say that we feel confident that we will be successful based on previous experiences against run heavy teams.

Oregon State Coach: "We had a slow start against Stanford, but got it rolling. We will be ready for the rivalry game against Oregon. They may be the best in the PAC-10, but we are the best in the state of Oregon. Remember they call Oregon "The Beaver State", not the duck state!"

"They'll be fired up, no doubt about it. Coach Cheez probably had this game circled as we did from the schedule release. We have to establish the run game. Against Texas' front we got manhandled, again. 33 yards from the Best back in the nation isn't acceptable."

"We expected to win, and we did it. Defense came up big time. A forced turnover and 2 big sacks, and we held out their receivers for the most part. Big time."

On getting Jones to 1500 in the Bowl game:

"It's a goal of ours. It has been since we let him come up 3 yards short of 1000 last year. Long as he stays healthy, we'll get it to him for that. Hopefully he carries us all the way to my first bowl victory here. We haven't finished a single season on a winning note yet. It's time to do that. The real thing that I think everyone forgets is that he's done this without 2 games. He got suspended for 1, and hurt on the first drive of another. So in 10 games he's 5th in the nation. The Snead kid from Texas has the same thing going. He's neck and neck with Mister. It would've been nice to see what their full 12 game numbers could have been."

Mr Jones on 1500:

"I would really like to get there. But a trophy is more important to me. We haven't won a bowl game while I've been here and I really wanna know what it feels like. This is going to be a very special game for us."

UCLA gets jumped in the BCS polls and is now on the outside looking in. Need Bama or FSU or Houston to lose, badly. Otherwise, I might be seeing Jayrah in the Alamo Bowl, if it lets us play the damn thing!

UCLA gets jumped in the BCS polls and is now on the outside looking in. Need Bama or FSU or Houston to lose, badly. Otherwise, I might be seeing Jayrah in the Alamo Bowl, if it lets us play the damn thing!